Thrift Store Finds: Book And Comics

I found a horror book and eight comics at one thrift store this morning. The book was I Am Frankenstein by C. Dean Andersson (Zebra Books, 1996) that I picked up for fifty cents (yellow tags were half price today).

The seven comics that I picked up at the same store for a dollar each include The Computer Masters of Metropolis (a Radio Shack giveaway featuring Superman and Wonder Woman), Flash Gordon #36 (Western/Whitman, 1981), A-Next #2, Iron Man #9, Incredible Hulk #466, Spider-Man, Fire-Star and Iceman (advertising supplement to The Denver Post in 1983), X-Men: Liberators #3 and Disney's Return To Oz (Scholastic, 1985). The Radio Shack giveaway comic has seen better days since the covers are torn at the bottom and are hanging on by one staple. The Flash Gordon and Dallas Post giveaway are in worn condition but the other comics are in fair shape.





At another thrift store, I found a battered copy of Devil Kids #90 featuring Hot Stuff the Little Devil for thirty cents. Not only are the covers worn and stained but three-fourths of the last ad page has been ripped out. Some one must have ordered the Sea-Monkeys. It has been a while since I last read a Harvey comic so I just to pick it up. I used to pick up anything with Hot Stuff and Richie Rich before I hit my teens.

Today was a great day for this comic fan to hit the thrift stores.

Halloween Countdown 2009 Day 1: Disney's Enter If You Dare!

Not only is this the first post for this year's Halloween Countdown but the object is also a thrift store find. I found a copy of Disney's Enter If You Dare: Scary Tales From The Haunted Mansion by Nicholas Stephens and illustrated by Sergio Martinez (Disney Press 1995) for fifty cents. The back cover shows a small picture of a graveyard with RIP on a tombstone. The back text is as follows:

Welcome, come in - They're all waiting for you in these five tales of terror and woe - The spirits and ghouls are inviting you in, but beware! They might not let you go! Premonitions and apparitions are dying to give you a scare. The mansion is open and waiting, dear friends - so ENTER IF YOU DARE!

The five tales include "The Fortune Teller", "The Face In The Mirror", "Music To Their Ears", "The Eyes Have It" and "Late For The Wedding".

House of Mouse Buys House of Ideas

Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion may be old news to some of you but I just found out about it since I have been working out of the house today. This is pretty weird news considering that some of Marvel's characters are not exactly family-oriented (I'm looking at you, Punisher).